U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet with top pharmaceutical executives on Thursday, a White House official confirmed. The discussions will focus on Medicare drug price negotiations, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs),

ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce asked Trump about the current budget bill that passed in the House Tuesday night and its pending cuts and whether Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security would be cut.

Dan Bishop, a former House lawmaker, said he expects the White House to avoid cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

Key Takeaways President Donald Trump has embarked on a plan to cut up to $2 trillion from federal government spending. Some economists and analysts said to achieve that goal, the White House would need to cut safety net programs such as Social Security and Medicare.

The governor traveled to Washington Tuesday to push for the release of frozen federal funds to Illinois and to warn of pending GOP budget cut to Medicaid affecting more than 700,000 Illinois residents.

The White House yesterday issued an executive order that directs the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury to improve upon and increase enforcement of the hospital and insurer price transparency requirements in the Hospital Price Transparency and Transparency in Coverage regulations.

The nonpartisan US Government Accountability Office did, in March 2024, and the estimate includes all federal agencies since 2003